6 County Assembly Elections - 5th May 2022

[seafoid]

https://www.ft.com/content/07641bed-dcce-4880-8fec-aac63429a241

EU diplomats said Brussels was likely to respond to any unilateral UK move by restarting legal action against London or failing to impose full checks on traders in Northern Ireland. These were paused last year to allow negotiations to continue.



The Brits need a distraction from inflation

[marty34]

https://www.ft.com/content/07641bed-dcce-4880-8fec-aac63429a241

EU diplomats said Brussels was likely to respond to any unilateral UK move by restarting legal action against London or failing to impose full checks on traders in Northern Ireland. These were paused last year to allow negotiations to continue.



The Brits need a distraction from inflation

How long will this legal action take and what will the outcome be?

[Farrandeelin]

Did the Belgian PM say that they should just scrap the original brexit deal and go with a no deal if the brits want to tear up the protocol?

I'd be inclined to agree with that myself.

[red hander]

When will these people realise they don't have an empire anymore, and they can't bully the rest of the world?

[Eire90]

tories wont care they will say people can eat for 30p a day

[imtommygunn]

When will these people realise they don't have an empire anymore, and they can't bully the rest of the world?

They're that corrupt the country is poor from giving money to their crony mates and they keep doing it. Empire crumbling.

[lenny]

When will these people realise they don't have an empire anymore, and they can't bully the rest of the world?

They're that corrupt the country is poor from giving money to their crony mates and they keep doing it. Empire crumbling.

The corruption is unbelievable but the right wing press still make labour the bogeyman and the general public are so stupid they fall for it. With a proper free, neutral press there would be riots and protests going on over what's happening with public money being funnelled the way of donors and family of tory mps.

[seafoid]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61417798
The government's chief law officer has received legal advice that it would be lawful to override parts of the post-Brexit treaty for Northern Ireland.

The attorney general's office said previous advice saying the opposite had changed because the agreement between the UK and EU is causing social unrest. (J Bryson)

[Eire90]

poots just said they will have mulltiple elections untill they get what they want and they are not backing down

[Armagh18]

poots just said they will have mulltiple elections untill they get what they want and they are not backing down

Backward, idiotic, delusional, dangerous, arrogant self important bastards. The two sides of the same coin narrative about Sinn Fein being every bit as bad as this shower needs to die. How they ever managed to power share with that shower is an absolute credit to them.

[johnnycool]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61417798
The government's chief law officer has received legal advice that it would be lawful to override parts of the post-Brexit treaty for Northern Ireland.

The attorney general's office said previous advice saying the opposite had changed because the agreement between the UK and EU is causing social unrest. (J Bryson)

A burning bus is social unrest now, that's a low bar considering what went on in the past.

FFS they're giving the DUP/LCC more ammunition to put kids on the street to burn a few bins..

[marty34]

Hard to know what will happen.

As I say, what will the EU do/can do?

Seems to me that the brits can do whatever they like with an international agreement (that they negoiated, signed up to and passed in law etc.) and there'll be no punishment.

[tiempo]

poots just said they will have mulltiple elections untill they get what they want and they are not backing down

Backward, idiotic, delusional, dangerous, arrogant self important bastards. The two sides of the same coin narrative about Sinn Fein being every bit as bad as this shower needs to die. How they ever managed to power share with that shower is an absolute credit to them.

100%

[trailer]

poots just said they will have mulltiple elections untill they get what they want and they are not backing down

Backward, idiotic, delusional, dangerous, arrogant self important bastards. The two sides of the same coin narrative about Sinn Fein being every bit as bad as this shower needs to die. How they ever managed to power share with that shower is an absolute credit to them.

100%

SF did use the same tactic if we're being totally honest now. That is coming back to bite them.
What should happen is that any party refusing to nominate FM/DFM those MLAs should take a 2/3rd pay cut. Would focus minds.

[armaghniac]

Hard to know what will happen.

As I say, what will the EU do/can do?

Seems to me that the brits can do whatever they like with an international agreement (that they negoiated, signed up to and passed in law etc.) and there'll be no punishment.

If the UK reneges on the withdrawal agreement then the EU can impose sanctions. They would carefully design some sanction which would hit England, there is zero enthusiasm for any hardship in England in this matter. But the French could simply withdraw some customs men for "training" and create a queue for a few days.
There was a reason London signed this Protocol in the first place, they need some kind of trade agreement with the EU.